Obviously what you love is valuable. It’s valuable because you love it. It’s valuable to you because you love it. But then: Obviously if it’s valuable — you would love it. Obviously if it’s valuable, truly valuable, then it is meaningful. When you don’t love what you have — it’s because it is …
Tag: Purpose
Consuming Knowledge and Stories
You want to do more — then learn more, know more You want to live more — then learn more, know more (stories) You want to do more — then learn more, know more: RELATE your ACTIONS to the body of knowledge You want to live more — then learn more, know more (stories): …
The Time Manifesto
THE GOAL: The goal is to LIVE RIGHT NOW. The goal is to LIVE CONSCIOUSLY right now. This is the foundation. Tomorrow you die. Today you live. But what does it exactly suggest about how we should live? To be conscious is to be conscious of the characteristics, details, attributes… One such characteristic of …
The PRAGMATIC
“PRAGMATIC” gets bad reputation Some think it’s too cold, too practical, too calculated, too sterile, Some think it’s not creative, not imaginative, not interesting Nonsense When you want to be creative — you’re creative When you want to be fanciful — you’re fanciful When you want to have fun — you have fun When …
You Will Waste Your Potential
You will waste your potential. You will waste your potential and you won’t even realize it — until it’s too late Do you know why you will waste your potential? Because your potential is INFINITE. Alas your time is finite. You can’t have it all And chances are you can’t even have a …
Gratitude and Inspiration
You want to be grateful, AND inspired. You don’t want to be dissatisfied, and ambitious. Dissatisfied means not satisfied. There’s something to be satisfied in life about — but you are not. The gift of life alone is something to be happy for — but you are not. Ambitious means NEEDING. It’s a …
What To Do Before You Die
When you: -do your best -ALWAYS seek to still do better, never satisfied -stay utterly humble: perfectly separated from your work, verily just an instrument of god (or world, or devil, or money, or muse, or destiny, you name it) -ITERATE LIKE FUCKING CRAZY -and get lucky +aren’t crazy (we all are a little) then …
Criticism as Betterment
There’s who you are, what you believe, what your goals and values are There’s what you do THIS is what matters Does it matter what someone else does? Only to the extent to which it overlaps with your own values and goals and actions There’s who you are, what you do… For as long …
“Positive” is Nothing but Will to Improve
There’s the situation. This situation has positive aspects and negative aspects. To improve it is to: -amplify the positive aspects -eliminate the negative aspects This is all there is to it. “Positive thinking”, Optimism, “Law of Attraction”… Give me a fucking break THERE’S THE SITUATION YOU AMPLIFY THE POSITIVES So of course you …
Go Harder Yet Go Softer (Blazing Fire, Calm Water)
Go harder Go softer What does it mean to go hard? We put many labels on it, “going hard” “being hard” “hard work” “be very motivated” why don’t you dispense with all those labels… …and just try… FOCUSING ON A SINGLE THING FOR A SINGLE FUCKING HOUR Get a timer — set it …